The Sparrow

The Sparrow (1996) is the first novel by science fiction author Mary Doria Russell. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis and the British Science Fiction Association Award. It was followed by a sequel, Children of God, in 1998. The title refers to Matthew 10:29-31, which relates that not even a sparrow falls to the earth without God's knowing of it. The novel begins in the year 2019, when the SETI program... more

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  • 1996

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  • Le moineau de Dieu,
  • Sperling.

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Mary Doria Russell

Mary Doria Russell (born 1950) is an American novelist. Russell was born in the suburbs of Chicago. Her parents were both in the military: her father was a Marine Corps drill instructor, and her mother was a Navy nurse. She graduated from Glenbard East High School and later she earned a Ph.D in...

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  • 1996

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